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k For years we have filmed ‘dead bins’ on major poultry

producers’ farms, heaving with maggots and flies. So, it was no
surprise that, following the detection of the outbreak of Avian
Flu at Bernard Matthews, they were the subject of a highly
critical report from DEFRA highlighting a series of biosecurity
failings at its Holton plant, some of which had been drawn to
the company's attention in the past.

Despite this, only two weeks later we were able to film a
trailer containing dead turkeys left uncovered on another
Matthews’ site at Haveringland. The skip had been left open
to the elements and was easily accessible to rats, wild birds
and flies, with one turkey already partially eaten.

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